I'll kind of play devil's advocate here. We as consumers don't question quality, mileage etc., we question the greed of the industry and the salaries and benefit packages paid out and how the bailout money will be used. The average auto worker's hourly rate and benefit package is approx. $71 per hr. There's a reason why the more recent car manufacturers have built plants in the south, to distance themselves from union demands and ridiculous hourly rates. I'm insulted when a CEO says, I'll work for a dollar this year when he made $21 million last year. Three CEOS (with total salaries of over $60 mill. annually) show up in D.C. in their corporate jets and ask for money without as much as a game plan, and then the amount is bumped up an additional $9 billion in two weeks. We, as consumers will be paying back the bailout money, not the big three.
How about Detroit gives up the big three, they restructure and move to the south with a wage and benefit package of about $35 per hour and build good, quality cars and trucks at a fair price.
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